A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Sypar, -er, n. [Reduced var. of ME sypres (a1400), syprese (1474). Cf. Cypir n.2 and Cypres n.] a. The wood of the cypress tree. b. attrib. and comb. —a. ?1438 Alex. i 2968.
Be the scheild of syper cleir —b. 1540 Maxwell Mem. 409.
Ane syper coffer 1632 Edinb. Test. LV 270.
Ane syper kist pryce sex li. —1513 Doug. ii xi 61.
Ane ald tempil, … Besyde quham growis a sypir tre full auld 1535 Stewart 37580.
The sylar als wes of the sypar tre c1552 Lynd. Mon. 713.
The Lord began … to mak the man. Nocht of the lille, nor the rose, Nor syper tre
